We don't talk business at the table.

[whynot]

Every time I rewatch The Godfather, I LOVE IT EVEN MORE. Augh, I can totaly trace my love of motherfucking Pendragons and motherfucking firebenders to my hearteyesing at the Corleones. The TIES THAT BIND, the sacred bonds of familyyyy, an honor full of hubris (or a hubris full of honor??), and don't turn your back on the family EVER AGAIN omg. Their power is ubiquitous, as generous as it is terrible. Their loyalty is dangerous, and their balance of power complex. NOW IF WE'RE DONE PLANNING MURDERS AND BRIBING FEDERAL JUDGES, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING. MOTHERFUCKING CORLEONES <3333

I have Top Fives.

From fahye: top 5 fictional battles, which was difficult because I'm not a battle scene kind of person, but voila anyway!

1. Hot Fuzz, at the end, because it is HILARIOUS.

2. Prince Caspian, at the end, with awesome surprise!crater.

3. Planet Terror, at the end, because it is also hilarious. Also: ZOMBIES.

4. Uh, then I start to blank out. Did Hero have a battle scene? Kill Bill Vol. 1 at the end was pretty cool. I also like the Gangs of New York one, although this may be because I recently rewatched it.

5. The Warlords



From mrinalinee: top 5 crossovers that I want written, which was difficult because I want crossovers of everything ever. I'm going to treat Merlarnia as a given.

1. Merlin/Avatar. Arthur and Zuko hanging out being noble warrior-princes trying to grow into their kingship, dealing with tyrant fathers and scene-stealing sisters. They learn things about themselves and each other, and have many Moments.

3. Disney/Warnes Bros. Donald and Daffy hanging out, hating on people with big ears, griping about anti-feather prejudice.

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

4. Johnny Maxwell/Narnia, because Johnny and his gang would be hilariously genre-savvy about it.

5. Captain Planet/RPF. The Planeteers work together with world leaders to better the planet, but navigating the world of international politics is harder than they thought. The multilaterals bully them, human rights groups hassle their environmental conservation plans for not considering the livelihood of peasants, and Greenpeace is just wack, man, totally wack. Ma-Ti wonders if he should use his Heart power to influence politicians.

Bonus 6. X-Men/Captain Planet. Wheeler and John, feisty fireboys together living it up in New York.



top 5 X-Files crossovers, which is QUITE TIMELY as I have been binging myself on X-Files episodes for the past couple of weeks

1. Narnia. Scully tries to come up with a scientific explanation for a forest in a wardrobe, and before she can stop him, Mulder dons a fur coat disappears into the woods. So, she goes too. (MAYBE SAMANTHA IS IN HERE.) Another possibility is Mulder and Scully investigating Susan Pevensie for some reason, maybe something to do with magic boat pictures and wardrobes. Mulder and Susan can have sibling angst together.

2. Merlin. This can be tackled a number of ways. One possibility is reincarnation fic wherein Mulder and Scully investigates a telekinetic/pyrokinetic who claims he is trying to find the once and future king.

3. bedlamsbard created a post-TLB Narnia 'verse I played around in for a while, wherein Susan is immortal and joins the FBI, then Peter is somehow raised from the dead and also joins the FBI. I would cross the X-Files over with this, and develop an OT4.

4. Harry Potter. Mulder and Scully investigate weird goings-on that, unbeknownst to them, are caused by foolhardy Death Eaters.

5. Captain Planet. Mulder and Scully investigate a group of kids who appear to be able to control the elements.



From allothi: top 5 fictional places for a talking chicken to do an internship

1. UNCRC (United Nations Chickens Rights Council)

2. Narnia, 'cos what better place for a talking animal?

3. In Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University library, under the tutelage of the Librarian.

4. An apprenticeship with Death, of any fandom. If Discworld can have a Death of Rats, why can't there be a Death of Chickens?

5. The chicken mafia, shipping illegal feed and trafficking hens, extorting protection fees to terrorize other chickens during the Bird Flu scare. I guess this is more an apprenticeship than an internship, if anything. The work's tough, but the pay is great and you meet all sorts of interesting people!



From animus_wyrmis: top 5 things I want to see in the Dawn Treader movie

1. Peter & Susan in some form. Either in the beginning/end, or maybe in flashbacks. Not that this is going to happen, apparently.

2. hot actors and compelling characterizations for Drinian and other crew members, to encourage fiiiiic

3. buttloads and buttloads of chemistry between Edmund and Caspian, whether antagonistic or otherwise. Maybe they challenge each other's kingship, or maybe Edmund ends up guiding and supporting Caspian, because Edmund has much experience being "the other king".

4. references to how things Used To Be

5. the star's daughter having a name



From miakun: 5 things Will would have done if he'd gone to Camelot, which is more a solidification of the comments section here. When I write my "Will lives!" AU, the following things will totally totally happen.

1. surprise Arthur by being rather competent at hunting. Much more so than Merlin, who relies on magic than actual skill when it comes to hunting. Merlin is excused from future hunting excursions, much to Merlin's relief, and Arthur and Will get bonding time.

2. share Merlin's room. It was meant to be a temporary arrangement, but they get used to it.

3. recognize Morgana's magicalness without anyone needing to tell him. Will grew up seeing Merlin struggle with the same kind of thing, and he knows the signs.

4. is one of the people struck down by the Old Religion in the finale when Merlin bargains for Arthur's life.

5. seamlessly become Gaius's other son-figure because it's demand-and-supply with Will's own father issues.

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[lettersandliars.livejournal.com]

3. Disney/Warnes Bros. Donald and Daffy hanging out, hating on people with big ears, griping about anti-feather prejudice.
SO MUCH THIS. consequently, bugs and mickey need to get together and talk about avian speech impediments.


4. An apprenticeship with Death, of any fandom. If Discworld can have a Death of Rats, why can't there be a Death of Chickens?
I saw the word Death and instantly thought of Sandman, so now there's some pissed off dead guy running around in my head going, "i was told there'd be a cute goth girl! what the fuck is with the chicken?!"

[allothi.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3

I <3 my fictional chicken like I <3 my imaginary snake.

I also still inexplicably ship Will/Morgana. It would go so badly, badly wrong, they would never really feel that seriously about each other but everyone around them would make it into a Big Thing and probably object an awful lot or just stare and wonder if they'd accidentally fallen into the crack reality (answer: yes), Arthur would feel like there would NEVER BE SANITY AGAIN, and, you know, Will and Morgana would not want to let THE ESTABLISHMENT ("That includes you, Merlin, if you're going to continue to work for the underdespot!") boss them around, so they would sort of feel obliged to carry on, and the sex is probably all right once they communicate a bit, and they do find that they agree on quite a lot of things, but even so. Such an interpersonal mess.

Maybe I'm just one of those people for whom liking a character inevitably means wanting to screw with them.

[alice-pike.livejournal.com]

ARTHUR AND ZUKOOOOO. I had other things I wanted to say, BUT THIS IS CONSUMING MY BRAAAAIIINNN. SO MUCH YES.

[lazaefair.livejournal.com]

"Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

Not quite the exact concept, but it features a bunch of Cryptic Mentor Figures talking shop and bickering with each other in once place!

Subreality: Men Of Skill

[girlchild.livejournal.com]

Have you read The Godfather? If not, you should!

5. the star's daughter having a name
YES. This is something that always bugged me. But I'm sure if she does get a name, it'll be something irritatingly *~*~*celestial~*~*~*. (In the back of my head, I'm yelling "STELLAAAAAAAAA!" à la A Streetcar Named Desire. Yeah.)

[puckling.livejournal.com]

The TIES THAT BIND, the sacred bonds of familyyyy, an honor full of hubris (or a hubris full of honor??), and don't turn your back on the family EVER AGAIN omg. Their power is ubiquitous, as generous as it is terrible. Their loyalty is dangerous, and their balance of power complex. NOW IF WE'RE DONE PLANNING MURDERS AND BRIBING FEDERAL JUDGES, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING. MOTHERFUCKING CORLEONES <3333

\o/

5. Captain Planet/RPF. The Planeteers work together with world leaders to better the planet, but navigating the world of international politics is harder than they thought. The multilaterals bully them, human rights groups hassle their environmental conservation plans for not considering the livelihood of peasants, and Greenpeace is just wack, man, totally wack. Ma-Ti wonders if he should use his Heart power to influence politicians.

And this sort of shit is why I love you. &hearts TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT LASS. TELL ME MORE.

[miakun.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never actually seen any of the Godfather movies. It's one of those culturally relevant things I still haven't caught up on.

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

God they need to do that as an episode of Robot Chicken.

Ma-Ti wonders if he should use his Heart power to influence politicians.

It might be possibly the only time he used it for anything useful. I can't begin to say how glad I was as a child that a chick hadn't gotten that power.

Bonus 6. X-Men/Captain Planet. Wheeler and John, feisty fireboys together living it up in New York.

Also, omg. Want. It would be torture for everyone else involved and just mayhem. Delicious mayhem.

When I write my "Will lives!" AU, the following things will totally totally happen.

God, you have to. I would so be all over that, like white on rice. So exciting! It makes me want to use multiple exclamation points!

and Arthur and Will get bonding time.

OVER KILLING THINGS. BECAUSE THEY ARE BOYS. <3<3

Oh god, I want to see all those things happen. My heart hurts a little that they won't, because he is dead now. Especialy Merlin/Will SLUMBER PARTIES which probably involve a lot of kicking and "oh god why haven't you cleaned up your stuff yet? WAY TO NOT HIDE THE MAGIC BOOK!"

And your list made me want to see Morgana and Will hanging out. They're probably the least likely out of everyone else (save Gwen) to not be a complete dumbass in a terse situation, so they could bond over it.

[marycontraire.livejournal.com]

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.


OMG THIS. WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED YET?

[mrinalinee.livejournal.com]

Oh man, or! Time-travelling FBI agents, amirite? Mulder goes around pseudo-Camelot being like "Scully, don't you think it's odd that this place is so anachronistic?" and Scully's like, shut up, I'm trying to solve this with science. I love them so much I cannot even explain.

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

YES OMG YES. ...Are there any female Cryptic Mentor Figures? I can't think of any.

ALSO, omg, I hope the star's daughter gets a name too. Again with Lewis and his Issues With Women--there are lots of boys who get names. (But otoh I hope it isn't something stupid and ~symbolic~.)